Phantis:Selected anniversaries/October 16
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- 1954: US soldiers manned the first American base on Greek soil in Heraklio, Crete.
- 1968: In the Olympic Games of Mexico City, pole vaulter Christos Papanikolaou, broke the Greek record with a jump of 5.35m but failed to win a medal as he finished 4th.
- 1994: Dimitris Avramopoulos was elected Mayor of Athens. Stelios Logothetis was elected in Piraeus and Konstantinos Kosmopoulos in Thessaloniki.
- 1999: Demosthenes Tampakos won bronze in the men's rings at the 34th Gymnastics World Championships of China.
- 2000: The new Euroleague Championship kicked off as Real Madrid defeated Olympiakos 75-73 in its inaugural game.
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